Short Classical Clarinet Pieces

SKU: BT.DHP-1135508-070

9x12 inches.

While he was in the middle of writing a large-scale musical production, Rik Elings sought diversion in composing these pieces for clarinet quartet. During a period of merciless deadlines, working on PLAYTIME 4 CLARINETS turned out to be an excellentway of release. Out of the blue, he created three playful little works in a mostly classical early Romantic idiom, with a touch of jazz. The three short pieces are quite catchy and they guarantee some pleasant playtime for four clarinets.

Drei verspielte kleine Werke in einem Stil, der stark an die frühe Romantik erinnert und einen Hauch von Jazz enthält. Die Stücke sind richtige Ohrwürmer und garantieren eine angenehme Playtime für vier Klarinetten.

Trois petites pièces récréatives dans un style romantique empreint dune touche de jazz. Les pièces sont assez ludiques, et offrent un jeu agréable pour tout quatuor de clarinettes.

Playtime 4 Clarinets si compone di tre brevi brani in stile romantico, con un tocco di jazz. Con unimpronta ludica offrono materiale piacevole per ogni quartetto di clarinetti.

SKU: HL.49015420

ISBN 9783795751562. 9.0x12.0x0.269 inches. German.

Tune Book 2 of Mauz' Clarinet Method is adjusted to the content of Vol. 2 of the method. It provides additional performance material for clarinet and piano as well as for 2 or 3 clarinets. German and international songs, several canons as well as short pieces from the Classical, Romantic and Modern eras shall further deepen the joy of joint music-making.

SKU: HL.48014873

UPC: 073999148732. 9.0x12.0x0.108 inches.

Two or more Clarinets.

SKU: HL.50512147

SKU: FP.FPD07

ISBN 9790570503957.

These little pieces are intended for flautists of about a year's standing. It is hoped that this small album will also help to foster in young players a taste for ensemble playing: the two simple trios also include oboe and clarinet, but if these instruments are not available the parts may be played on a violin.

SKU: CF.WF228

ISBN 9781491153529. 9 x 12 inches.

Compiled and edited by Amy Porter, Treasures for Flute and Piano is acollection of Philippe Gaubert’s shorter works for flute and piano. Gaubertwas a multi-talented musician, a marvelous flutist as well as a composer,teacher, and master conductor. Over his lifetime, he became one of the mostimportant musical figures in France between the World Wars in the first halfof the 20th century. Trained in theory and harmony at the Paris Conservatory,Gaubert was also deeply influenced by other composers at the time, includingDebussy, Fauré, and Dukas. Editor Amy Porter is a distinguished Professorat The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, and hasbeen praised by critics for her exceptional musical talent and her passion forscholarship. This edition represents eleven of the sixteen works from AmyPorter and Dr. Penelope Fischer’s video study guide, “The Gaubert Cycle: TheComplete Works for Flute and Piano by Philippe Gaubert”.
Philippe Gaubert (1879–1941) was a very important teacher and flutist in our classical flute playing lineage. In this edition we have gathered his beautiful, shorter compositions for flute and piano all in one place, to be cherished as “Gaubert’s Treasures.”Philippe Gaubert personified the modern French school of flute playing as introduced by his teacher Paul Taffanel (1844–1908) at the Paris Conservatory. Gaubert was a multitalented musician, a marvelous flutist as well as a gifted composer, teacher and master conductor. Over his lifetime he became one of the most important musical figures in France between the World Wars in the first half of the twentieth century. Gaubert’s musical andpedagogical gifts to us are passed along through generations of students and continue to touch the hearts of many who listen to his fine, and refined, music.Philippe Gaubert studied composition at the Paris Conservatory with Raoul Pugno, Xavier Leroux, and then for a brief time with Charles Lenepvu. It was after this study that he won the famous Prix de Rome second prize in composition. Even with his schooling of theory and harmony in Paris, he was deeply influenced by other composers of the time, namely Debussy, Fauré and Dukas. Between the years of 1905–1914 Gaubert’s early workswere arrangements and short pieces written for the year-end final exam pieces at the Conservatory.Between 1914–1918 Gaubert served in the French Army during World War I, most notably in the battle of Verdun in 1916. This was considered one of the largest battles against the Germans in WWI. He was wounded but his creativity level was not dampened. He was rewarded for his service and awarded medals for his bravery. It was during this time that he found the energy to compose his Deux Esquisses or 2 Scenes, and sketched out his first flute sonata.Gaubert composed his remaining five flute and piano works after 1922 in Paris, and clearly his poetic soul was transformed from the earlier years. He took in new forms and styles of compositions such as a Suite, a Ballade and a Sonatine. He also completed his Second and Third Sonatas for Flute and Piano, all of them dramatic works in terms of compositional techniques and grandeur of tone.Gaubert composed music easily throughout his lifetime, especially during summer breaks when the orchestra and Paris Opera seasons were on hiatus and he was not conducting. He loved literature and poetry which inspired over thirty vocal works from 1903 through 1938.He also wrote twenty-six instrumental chamber works for other instruments: oboe, cornet, clarinet, trombone, violin, viola, cello, harp and combinations of these instruments with piano. Some of these were commissioned jury pieces, but many were for his musician friends.Six full-length stage works, both ballets and operas for the stage, several tone poems and symphonies were written throughout his lifetime.This edition represents eleven out of the sixteen works from our video study guide “The Gaubert Cycle: The Complete Works for Flute and Piano by Philippe Gaubert” with guest pianist Tim Carey. Omitted in this edition are Sonatas Nos. 1–3, Ballade, and Sonatine.

SKU: OT.23105

ISBN 9789655051155. 8.27 x 11.69 inches.

Daniel Akiva
Sephardic Anthology of Piyutim
for clarinet and guitar
clarinet edited with special fingerings by Guy Yehuda
42 miniatures

Sephardic Anthology of Piyutim for Clarinet and Guitar is a fabric of 42 short pieces based on prayers and piyutim that Daniel collected and researched over many years. He learned the basis of this tradition from his father, the paytan Yitzhak Akiva. Daniel also participated in various projects of the Israel Broadcast Authority in the field of Sephardic (Spanish) Jewish music, served as chazzan (cantor) in his community, and two years ago participated in the Illumination: Early Jewish Italian Spiritual Music project produced by Ayela Seidelman and Bari Moscovitz.
The anthology for clarinet and guitar is part of a large project which includes recordings of the original piyutim on which these compositions are based with various artists and paytanim. The project includes piyutim of the Jerusalem and Haifa Sephardic traditions, medieval Italian tradition, and Moroccan tradition.
Sephardic - Spanish. Jews descended from those expelled from Spain in 1492 and their traditions.
Piyut (pl. piyutim) - liturgical poems
Paytan (pl. paytanim) - a singer or composer of piyutim.

SKU: FL.FX071127

4 short diverse and varied Pieces of about one minute each, from 8 years practise onward. The style is melodic but rhythmic, very colourful!

SKU: HL.49017966

ISBN 9790001157490. 9.0x12.0x0.21 inches.

In these miniatures the composer revised already existing works for the Kusatsu International Music Festival 2008 in Japan where he has got a massive legion of fans. The first movement is played by bassoon and piano only, with the piano part being so easy that it should be played by one of the other wind players. The pieces are ascetic rather than romantic and sumptuous. Brief musical actions, tonal repetitions and short flitting snatches of melody are predominant. These two miniatures leave the wind players who are familiar with all kinds of playing techniques room for artistic interpretation.